Restoring A Large Antique Clock Over 100 Years Old | Salvage Hunters: The Restorers

Restoring an antique clock by building a new base and creating a new glass window for the clockface.
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[@elizabethharttley4073]

What a beast he brought back from the brink. It's an amazing restoration of the guts while leaving the finish rough.

[@djdefaut6869]

You can tell how good someone is by what he can get away with. A very good craftsman.

[@carmineredd1198]

bodgey job

[@johnallright6847]

Used to be in The Antique trade and this is the sort of thing I love , how to restore something that's really past redemption but let's do it. Good video.

[@mm9773]

I’d really like to meet the person who is willing to spend 5 grand on that thing.

[@beverlybranam2192]

Pounds to dollars exchange..when this was filmed..about half..$2,500

[@mm9773]

@@beverlybranam2192 Dollars? Who said anything about dollars?

[@jazzman1626]

Meet him? I’ve got a Ming Dynasty CD player to sell him 😂.

[@mm9773]

@@jazzman1626 Precisely :-)

[@readmycomment3157]

@@beverlybranam2192 £5000 is not $2500

[@johnnybala5112]

The sloppy veneer around the clock face is far below the usual quality level of Alex's work. Too bad

[@jonathanking4107]

I'd love to see more of this restoration.

[@ginacrusco234]

Way to go Alex. Lovely blue eyes, too.

[@paulalim1476]

Everything about Alex is lovely……

[@noelfitzjohn8021]

this is so awful i cant stop watching it, i grew up in a antique shop environment, so from early childhood i messed about with all sorts, i took a city and guilds apprenticeship in cabinet making, i ran my own shop and auction rooms, i am still running a shop and restoring more for fun now as i am mid 70,s, apart from the fact that you cant restore something that should be burnt, the work is xxxx.

[@jennifertoliver9546]

My paternal grandfather loved the Shell opera hour on Sundays after the roast and the whole farm reverberated with the tick tock of the immense old grandfather clock in the hall, great memories!

[@johnhobbs621]

Alex is a lovely lad but some of the work I've seen him do looks a bit .. basic, not hugely sensitive .. and here, clever as it is, that veneer round the clock door is not at all great.. sorry

[@adamw.20]

...Alex der Künstler--wie immer super Jop!!!

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

I would have created a veneer solid ring to go around the glass. The base, clock and top look great.

[@carmineredd1198]

or at the very least , 12 pieces to mark the hours , bodgey job for $10,000 USD

[@patmadix172]

Excellent work. Always loved pendulum clock sound.

[@artieshell9205]

Why not set the table saw at a 45? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@johnnybala5112]

Also time to buy a miter saw or at least a miter box

[@connieadams607]

Amazing work ❤️

[@readmycomment3157]

Everything he did to the clock looked brand new and poorly put together. Like a bad craft project. Embarrassing.

[@lewis1717]

Tony looks like he’s smoked one or two reefers in his day haha

[@makoromano5611]

Nice work

[@Bob-507]

Great job Alex

[@moonmoon-my6dn]

Alex is a great job. 😏

[@rubbercrutch1]

This was painful to watch. While the mirror-to-glass was clever, the veneer work looked like it had zero thought and it shows. But what is beyond me is why he would use that much mahogany for a base, and then COVER it with a hideous stain that is closer to a paint than a tint. Why spend so much on an expensive wood known for its beauty and just cover it up? This is a Pimp My Ride of woodworking. The supplies are outrageous, but the use of them is mindbogglingly pointless. I would not normally get worked up about this sort of thing - if it was an amateur showing off his work on a personal KZbin I would be pained but understand we all start somewhere. But this is presented like this is an experienced expert. Ooof

[@eldertmohr1366]

Glad I'm not the only one, watching him work was very bodgejob-y and without finesse. 5 grand...? Oof indeed.

[@albertgarcia9662]

Very nice 👍 i love it

[@TheThatoneguy12121]

I don't think he liked it. That awkward pause after he revealed it. XD

[@judeirwin2222]

Alex did a great job, but I hate the veneer sections. That frame for the glass is naff. Sorry, but it really is. And the stain colour for it is off, as well.

[@walterulasinksi7031]

A perfect example from the old song” My Grandfather’s Clock”.

[@SmallWonda]

I'd really like to know what it did sell for - it's a neat restoration but still a bit of acquired taste!

[@wellnone9367]

This clock reminds me of German towns - is it by any chance one of those clocks the towns and villages have on the main street or outside the council buildings?? Or is it Austria where I have seen them. Anyway, a very handsome clock!!!!

[@judithburke1539]

I'm sad that I wasn't able to see the whole process.

[@pottersmiles7238]

There was a lot of acting in this. The restorer tried hard to hold it together

[@davidmcarthur4749]

I haven’t seen tony for years , saved his life once 🦸‍♂️😂👏

[@johnnybala5112]

explain

[@jeffreynemitz8060]

this person is not a finish carpenter, rough and unrefined

[@OwnedByGalatea]

Good job man, but what is this voice over man behind, do that voice over yourself, pls!!!!!!??????

[@jazzman1626]

Couldn’t hear the tick for the talk.

[@markduncan6690]

Alec is a Genius! Straight Up!

[@mikeskelly2356]

That clock face is crying out for some 'embellishment', whether subtle roses or a 'faux' makers logo, something needs to break up that white expanse!...

[@BillOweninOttawa]

The new clock face just jumps out. The rest is meh. Hard for me to be fair though as it started out fugly, so ...

[@cliffordadams8353]

I’m afraid you won’t get the chance

[@alexmazzetto4483]

Add subtitles please!

[@sorosmaniparak2732]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@filippociman9341]

Mi dispiace dirlo, odio chi giudica il lavoro altrui, non è una comportamento che mi appartiene.. Ma qualcosa di falegnameria sò, visto che anch'io molto spesso lavoro il legno, e mi capita di dover fondere il vecchio con il nuovo.. Questo ragazzo è un pessimo falegname.. La sua fortuna probabilmente è che si occupa di restauri, quindi i piccoli difetti possono anche passare inosservati.. Non potrebbe mai lavorare sul nuovo.. Vero che utilizza molto di rado attrezzature elettriche, ma questo non lo solleva dallo svolgere un lavoro il più perfetto possibile... Le sue sono finiture di pessima qualità, così come la precisione che è totalmente assente.. L'unico punto a suo favore, è la conoscenza dei piccoli trucchetti necessari per invecchiare e fondere il nuovo con il vecchio.. Frutto probabilmente dell'esperienza di chi gli ha insegnato il lavoro.. Personalmente non gli affiderei mai un lavoro, il mondo è pieno di persone che sanno fare molto meglio di lui.. A parer mio, insieme al resto della squadra degli altri restauratori del programma, è un pesce fuor d'acqua..

[@h.huffen-puff4105]

Heh?😶

[@sesvaoffice8331]

what's the point of restoring a piece of rubbish with no redeeming features. Would he have restored it if it wasnt part of a TV series? nah. Don't get me wrong, it's a great show and you learn heaps, but this was a bit of a joke.

[@ivry4846]

You talk too much !